# 2017–18 Hannover 96 season

The 2017–18 Hannover 96 season was the 122nd season in the football club's history and 29th overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga in 2017. Hannover 96 also participated in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This was the 59th season for Hannover in the HDI-Arena, located in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

## Players
### Squad information

    As of 18 March 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | GER | Philipp Tschauner (vice-captain) |
| 2 | DF | CRO | Josip Elez (on loan from HNK Rijeka) |
| 3 | DF | CHI | Miiko Albornoz |
| 4 | DF | GER | Julian Korb |
| 5 | DF | BRA | Felipe |
| 6 | MF | GER | Marvin Bakalorz |
| 7 | MF | GER | Edgar Prib (captain) |
| 8 | MF | GER | Manuel Schmiedebach |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Jonathas |
| 10 | MF | GER | Sebastian Maier |
| 11 | MF | GER | Felix Klaus |
| 13 | FW | TOG | Ihlas Bebou |
| 14 | FW | AUT | Martin Harnik |
| 15 | DF | GER | Timo Hübers |
| 16 | FW | GER | Yousef Emghames |
| 18 | MF | NOR | Iver Fossum |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | DF | GER | Florian Hübner |
| 20 | MF | SEN | Salif Sané |
| 22 | DF | GER | Matthias Ostrzolek |
| 23 | GK | GER | Michael Esser |
| 24 | FW | GER | Niclas Füllkrug |
| 25 | DF | GER | Oliver Sorg |
| 26 | FW | TUR | Kenan Karaman |
| 27 | MF | SUI | Pirmin Schwegler |
| 29 | FW | TUR | Mete Kaan Demir |
| 30 | GK | GER | Marlon Sündermann |
| 31 | DF | GER | Waldemar Anton |
| 33 | DF | GER | Fynn Arkenberg |
| 35 | FW | CUW | Charlison Benschop |
| 37 | FW | NGA | Noah Sarenren Bazee |
| 38 | MF | GER | Tom Baller |
| 40 | MF | GER | Linton Maina |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | DEN | Uffe Bech (on loan to Greuther Fürth until 30 June 2018) |
| 21 | FW | GER | Marius Wolf (on loan to Eintracht Frankfurt until 30 June 2018) |
| 28 | MF | GER | Mike-Steven Bähre (on loan to SV Meppen until 30 June 2018) |
| 29 | FW | SEN | Babacar Guèye (on loan to Sint-Truidense V.V. until 30 June 2018) |
| 30 | GK | AUT | Samuel Şahin-Radlinger (on loan to SK Brann until 31 December 2018) |

### Transfers
#### In

| No. | Pos | Player | From | Type | Window | Ends | Fee |
| 4 | DF | Julian Korb | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2020 | €3 million |
| 9 | FW | Jonathas | Rubin Kazan | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2020 | €9 million |
| 13 | FW | Ihlas Bebou | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2021 | €4.5 million |
| 15 | MF | André Hoffmann | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Return from loan | Summer | – | – |
| 16 | FW | Yousef Emghames | Bayern Munich Junior Team | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2019 | Free |
| 22 | DF | Matthias Ostrzolek | Hamburger SV | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2020 | Free |
| 23 | GK | Michael Esser | Darmstadt 98 | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2020 | €2 million |
| 27 | MF | Pirmin Schwegler | 1899 Hoffenheim | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2019 | Free |
| 29 | FW | Babacar Guèye | Zulte Waregem | Return from loan | Summer | 30 June 2019 | – |
| 38 | MF | Tom Baller | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Transfer | Summer | 30 June 2019 | Free |
| 39 | FW | Mevlüt Erdinç | FC Metz | Return from loan | Summer | 30 June 2018 | – |
| 2 | DF | Josip Elez | HNK Rijeka | Loan | Winter | 30 June 2018 | €500,000 |

#### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | To | Type | Window | Fee |
| 4 | DF | Stefan Strandberg | FC Krasnodar | End of loan | Summer | – |
| 9 | FW | Artur Sobiech | Darmstadt 98 | End of contract | Summer | – |
| 13 | GK | Marko Marić | 1899 Hoffenheim | End of loan | Summer | – |
| 15 | MF | André Hoffmann | Fortuna Düsseldorf | Transfer | Summer | €250,000 |
| 29 | FW | Babacar Guèye | Sint-Truidense V.V. | Loan | Summer | Free |
| 39 | FW | Mevlüt Erdinç | İstanbul Başakşehir | Transfer | Summer | Free |
| 40 | GK | Timo Königsmann | Greuther Fürth | End of contract | Summer | – |
| 17 | FW | Uffe Bech | Greuther Fürth | Loan | Winter | Free |
| 28 | MF | Mike-Steven Bähre | SV Meppen | Loan | Winter | Free |
| 30 | GK | Samuel Şahin-Radlinger | SK Brann | Loan | Winter | Free |

## Friendly matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Void

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Bundesliga | 19 August 2017 | 12 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | 13th | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 029.41 |
| DFB-Pokal | 13 August 2017 | 25 October 2017 | First round | Second round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 50 | 57 | −7 | 030.56 |
Source: Competitions

### Bundesliga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 37 | 40 | −3 | 42 |
| 12 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 43 | 46 | −3 | 41 |
| 13 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 39 |
| 14 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 36 |
| 15 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 32 | 56 | −24 | 36 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Bundesliga

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | W | D | D | L | L | W | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | D | L | D | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | W | D | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |

#### Matches
### DFB-Pokal
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Player | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Philipp Tschauner | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Josip Elez | 9+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Miiko Albornoz | 7+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Julian Korb | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Felipe | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Marvin Bakalorz | 23+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Edgar Prib | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Manuel Schmiedebach | 2+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Jonathas | 7+5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | Sebastian Maier | 2+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Felix Klaus | 25+3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 4 |
| 13 | FW | Ihlas Bebou | 21+9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 5 |
| 14 | FW | Martin Harnik | 21+8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 11 |
| 15 | DF | Timo Hübers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Yousef Emghames | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Uffe Bech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Iver Fossum | 13+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | Florian Hübner | 4+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Salif Sané | 31 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 4 |
| 22 | DF | Matthias Ostrzolek | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | Michael Esser | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Niclas Füllkrug | 26+7 | 14 | 1+1 | 2 | 35 | 16 |
| 25 | DF | Oliver Sorg | 20+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Kenan Karaman | 8+13 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 23 | 2 |
| 27 | MF | Pirmin Schwegler | 27+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Mike-Steven Bähre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Mete Kaan Demir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Samuel Şahin-Radlinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Marlon Sündermann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Waldemar Anton | 26+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| 33 | DF | Fynn Arkenberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | Charlison Benschop | 2+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 37 | MF | Noah Sarenren Bazee | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | Tom Baller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | Linton Maina | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 24 | FW | Niclas Füllkrug | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| 2 | 14 | FW | Martin Harnik | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | 13 | FW | Ihlas Bebou | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 11 | MF | Felix Klaus | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 20 | MF | Salif Sané | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | 9 | FW | Jonathas | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 26 | FW | Kenan Karaman | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | DF | Julian Korb | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 10 | MF | Sebastian Maier | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 18 | MF | Iver Fossum | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 31 | DF | Waldemar Anton | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 35 | FW | Charlison Benschop | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 44 | 6 | 50 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | Philipp Tschauner | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 5 | 0 | 5 |

### Disciplinary record

| Rank | No. | Pos | Name | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | 27 | MF | Pirmin Schwegler | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 | DF | Julian Korb | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 11 | MF | Felix Klaus | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 20 | MF | Salif Sané | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 22 | DF | Matthias Ostrzolek | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 6 | MF | Marvin Bakalorz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 25 | DF | Oliver Sorg | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 13 | FW | Ihlas Bebou | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 9 | FW | Jonathas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 14 | FW | Martin Harnik | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 15 | DF | Timo Hübers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 19 | DF | Florian Hübner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 24 | FW | Niclas Füllkrug | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 26 | FW | Kenan Karaman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 1 | GK | Philipp Tschauner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 2 | DF | Josip Elez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 3 | DF | Miiko Albornoz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 8 | MF | Manuel Schmiedebach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 31 | DF | Waldemar Anton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 37 | MF | Noah Sarenren Bazee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 62 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 |